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Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan took place at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. [1] There were 280 qualified slots (174 male, 106 female) which competed in male and female events. [2] The 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They kept the 2020 name and were ...
Table tennis was one of the first sports to be featured in the 1960 Summer Paralympics and is still contested today in the Summer Paralympics. Para table tennis is the third biggest Paralympic sport behind swimming and athletics. [1] [2]
The medal table of the 2020 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals that are won by their athletes during the competition. The 2020 Paralympics were the sixteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities.
United States entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Ian Seidenfeld & Tahl Leibovitz qualified from 2019 Parapan American Games which was held in Lima, Peru and Jenson Van Emburgh via World Ranking allocation. [14] Men
The Men's individual table tennis – Class 1 tournament at the 2020 Summer Paralympics [1] in Tokyo took place between 25 and 30 August 2021 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Classes 1–5 were for athletes with a physical impairment that affected their legs, and who competed in a sitting position.
Thomas "Tom" Matthews (born 19 August 1992) is a British Paralympic table tennis player. [1] At the 2020 Summer Paralympics , he won a bronze medal in the Men's individual class 1 event. [ 1 ] Matthews is also a European champion and a World bronze medalist.
Paralympic table tennis has been competed at every Summer Paralympic Games since they were first held in 1960. Men and women compete in singles and team events in ten different classes according to the extent of their disability. Table tennis would later make its debut at the Summer Olympic Games in 1988.
Kim Hyeon-uk (born 25 December 1995) [1] is a South Korean para table tennis player. He won the silver medal in the men's individual C1 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics held in Tokyo, Japan. [2] [3] He also won the silver medal in the men's team C1–2 event. [3]